Yom Kippur

News about Yom Kippur, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Aug. 27, 2014

Op-Ed article by Daneil S Mariaschin and David J Michaels of the B'nai B'rith International organization details how United Nations has mistreated Israel; notes that important UN events have repeatedly been scheduled on major Jewish holidays; calls on UN to add Yom Kippur to United Nations holiday calendar. MORE

Sep. 14, 2013

Mark Oppenheimer Beliefs column notes some Jews worry about expensive tickets for High Holy Days services keeping newcomers away but congregations face the reality that large communal events carry costs; most American Jews face situation every Yom Kippur where at most synagogues one must have paid annual dues or have bought special tickets. MORE

Sep. 7, 2013

Samuel G Freedman On Religion column notes that hundreds of ordained cantors, seminary students and trained laity crisscross globe for Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur each year to serve synagogues without full-time cantors. MORE

Sep. 25, 2012

Hundreds of frail Jews have turned in recent years to intravenous feeding on Yom Kippur to avoid violating the prohibition against eating on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar; some might see the practice as exploiting a religious loophole, but to others it is testimony to the lengths to which some scrupulously Orthodox Jews will go to make sure they do not violate religious guidelines. MORE

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